Daily Dose of Scams and Scandals (25 August)

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UP Minister threatens to cut unfriendly press to size. With one scribe already burnt to death, the threat can be both literal and figurative.

The fact that a Secondary Education Minister of the UP government gives this threat makes it one shade more serious than made by a mere legislator. Beware Free Press.

Supreme Court comes as proverbial Krishna to save Gujarat High Court from embarrassment.

The notices to 27 judges for wrongful allotment of plots; the judges in the bench themselves interested in allotment; SC granted stay in the case that could have exposed some dirty linen

Today by asking for Parliament to work or asking for probity in public life you may be unwittingly taking sides with India’s two major parties.

It is really difficult to figure out why the signature campaign of 15000 business heads requesting parliament to function was considered a Modi’s money bags impacting parliament. What if enlightened citizens would have had a referendum?

21 Opposition MPs write to PM to protect the rights of tribal in BJP ruled states under aggressive industrial development.

Several BJP states have made rules and orders to scuttle the Forest Rights Act.

Are we really looking at Kejriwal ki Sarkar? Because there doesn’t seem to be any one else clean enough to be in the sarkar. All 66 others have served their purpose of giving him a majority.

Despite Law Commission advice to the contrary the Joint Parliament Panel opened a Pandora box.

The Panel made an exception by proclaiming post of Asst Prof in a government-aided school as not being office of profit. This despite Law Commission pointing out to the contrary. Wait to see how many of our representatives go for this double income whammy.

Increase MPLAD five times – Not enough can be done for common man in present 5 Crores every year.

Rs. 1,25,00,00,000 x 543 = 67,875 Crores of money at discretion of the Lok Sabha representatives. Who needs the government and the budgetary allocation?

12-year-olds in India know that media is no longer free.

The NCERT book of class 7th tells that media, because of its proximity with power, business houses controlling interest and advertising revenue, is biased and a slave. Amen.

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The views expressed here are those of the authors and doesn’t reflect the official
policy of Janpratinidhi.